Kansas Ch. 3
Across
- 3. Potawatomi who experienced a cholera epidemic; burned the town to stop the spread of disease
- 5. the belief that the United Stateshad the God-given right to control all of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
- 8. pushed for the Indian removal Act
- 10. books that gave advice to travelers on the trail
- 12. Long labeled the area that was to become Kansas "______"
- 13. Lieutenant who was sent to make peace between the Osage and the Kansa; find the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers
- 16. leader of the a Potawatomi community in northern Indian and Michigan; his people were forced onto reservations in Kansas
- 18. built on the Santa Fe Trail; sold suppplies to travelers
- 22. a source of help in a difficult situation
- 25. Major who was sent to explore the border between the US and the Spanish territories to the southwest
- 26. a Delaware woman who operated a ferry boat on the Kansas River
- 28. Today,Kansas is home to four federally recognized ______.
- 29. a person who takes the risk of starting and owning a business
- 31. were sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase
- 32. something offered as payment in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury
- 33. author who wrote a book about her family's experiences living in Kansas
- 34. Baptist minister who created mission schools for Indian children
- 35. The main goal at all missions was to "_____" the Indians.
- 36. established to convert Indians to Christianity and to reach them vocational skills
Down
- 1. factors that determined the price of goods and services on the trails
- 2. a flowing together of two or more streams or rivers
- 4. relating to plants or plant life
- 6. a person who occupies land or property that they do not own
- 7. the power of the government to take private property for public use
- 9. The Santa Fe Trail was a _______ route.
- 11. trail that moved people west; took four to six months
- 14. the state of being financially successful
- 15. team of men who joined Lewis and Clark on their journey of Louisiana
- 17. emperor of France; sold the Louisiana Purchase to the U.S.
- 19. an Ottawa who wrote to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs asking for a response to not having plows, that were promised, to work their fields
- 20. the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government
- 21. to absorb or conform to the customs and attitudes of a particular group
- 23. having crucial importance to the success, failure, or existence of something
- 24. father of the Santa Fe Trail; hauled trade goods from Kansas City to Santa Fe
- 27. job was to keep peace between traveling settlers and American Indians
- 30. people who were assigned to work with the tribes on behalf of the US government